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Thermally Induced Core-Electron Binding-Energy Shifts In Transition Metals: An Experimentalinvestigation Of Ta(100), D. Mark Riffe, B. Kim, W. Hale, J. L. Erskine Dec 1996

Thermally Induced Core-Electron Binding-Energy Shifts In Transition Metals: An Experimentalinvestigation Of Ta(100), D. Mark Riffe, B. Kim, W. Hale, J. L. Erskine

All Physics Faculty Publications

High-resolution photoemission spectra from the 4f7/2 levels of Ta(100) have been obtained between 77 K and room temperature. The data show an increase in both the surface and bulk core-level binding energies (BE’s) as the temperature is raised: between 77 and 293 K the bulk and surface BE’s increase by 31±3 and 13±2 meV, respectively. A model calculation of the bulk binding-energy increase, which is based upon the lattice expansion of the solid, is in good agreement with the experimental results and indicates that the shifts arise from both initial- and final-state effects that are of comparable magnitude. The …

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Building A Competition Buzzer Set, John R. Dennison, Richard Davis Dec 1996

Building A Competition Buzzer Set, John R. Dennison, Richard Davis

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No abstract provided.

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Asymptotic Conservation Laws In Field Theory, Ian M. Anderson, Charles G. Torre Nov 1996

Asymptotic Conservation Laws In Field Theory, Ian M. Anderson, Charles G. Torre

All Physics Faculty Publications

A new, general, field theoretic approach to the derivation of asymptotic conservation laws is presented. In this approach asymptotic conservation laws are constructed directly from the field equations according to a universal prescription which does not rely upon the existence of Noether identities or any Lagrangian or Hamiltonian formalisms. The resulting general expressions of the conservation laws enjoy important invariance properties and synthesize all known asymptotic conservation laws, such as the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy in general relativity.

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Raman Spectroscopy Of Carbon Materials, John R. Dennison, M. Holtz, G. Swain Oct 1996

Raman Spectroscopy Of Carbon Materials, John R. Dennison, M. Holtz, G. Swain

All Physics Faculty Publications

Use of carbon materials is no longer limited to diamond jewelry or graphite pencils and lubricants. The last decade has witnessed an explosion of technological applications driven by the development of fabrication methods and the discovery of several new classes of pure carbon. Structural diversity exhibited by the carbon atoms, from local chemical order to long-range crystalline order, is key to understanding their physical and chemical properties and in future materials development. This article summarizes the use of Raman spectroscopy as a principal tool to investigate the vibrational dynamics of carbon materials and to provide indirect structural characterization of their …

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Sharing Common Ground On Western Rangelands: Proceedings Of A Livestock/Big Game Symposium, Keith E. Evans, Intermountain Research Station, Usdsa Forest Service, U.S. Department Of Commerce, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Sep 1996

Sharing Common Ground On Western Rangelands: Proceedings Of A Livestock/Big Game Symposium, Keith E. Evans, Intermountain Research Station, Usdsa Forest Service, U.S. Department Of Commerce, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

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This proceedings includes 37 papers and posters presented at the "Sharing Common Ground" symposium. The information represents the progress made in livestock/big game management since the 1991 symposium with the theme of "Seeking Common Ground." The broad range of topics includes the rangeland resource, the science of livestock/big game interactions, the human dimension, and the success stories from the seeking common ground partnership demonstration projects.

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Pattern Formation And Evolution Near Autocatalytic Reaction Fronts In A Narrow Vertical Slab, J. Huang, Boyd F. Edwards Sep 1996

Pattern Formation And Evolution Near Autocatalytic Reaction Fronts In A Narrow Vertical Slab, J. Huang, Boyd F. Edwards

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Linear analysis and nonlinear numerical simulations of autocatalytic reaction fronts ascending in narrow vertically unbounded slabs describe the growth, development, and annihilation of fingers in the front, the dynamics of edge suppression, and a secondary transition to a two-roll state above the onset of convection. The pattern formation and evolution of the reaction fronts are determined by the horizontal aspect ratio Γ=b/a and the dimensionless driving parameter S=δga3/νDC, which involve the gap thickness a, the slab width b, the fractional density difference δ between the unreacted and reacted solutions, the gravitational acceleration g, the kinematic viscosity …

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Application Of (E,2e) Spectroscopy To The Electronic Structure Of Valence Electrons In Crystalline And Amorphous Solids, John R. Dennison, A. L. Ritter Aug 1996

Application Of (E,2e) Spectroscopy To The Electronic Structure Of Valence Electrons In Crystalline And Amorphous Solids, John R. Dennison, A. L. Ritter

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This review presents theoretical and experimental aspects of (e,2e) spectroscopy specific to the study of crystalline and amorphous solids. The cross section for (e,2e) scattering is proportional to the spectral momentum density of the ejected electron under certain approximations. The theoretical framework for interpreting (e,2e) measurements is summarized here and general properties of the spectral momentum density of solids are discussed. Different designs of the (e,2e) spectrometer are described and sample preparation techniques are briefly reviewed. A summary of (e,2e) experiments on the electronic structure of valence electrons in graphite, ion sputtered and evaporated amorphous carbon, aluminum/aluminum oxide composites, amorphous …

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Regional Standards For Rangeland Health And Guidelines For Livestock Grazing Management ... A Progress Report Jun 1996

Regional Standards For Rangeland Health And Guidelines For Livestock Grazing Management ... A Progress Report

Range Management

In August 1995, new BLM regulations for rangeland administration went into effect. The new regulations require BLM to establish regional standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing management. This publication is a report on the alternatives being considered for the Montana/Dakotas Rangeland Health Standards and Guidelines process.

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Enhanced Planning Review Of The Salt Lake And Ogden Metropolitan Area, Melissa M. Laube, William Lyons, Robert Dial, D. Tilly Chang, U.S. Department Of Transportation, U.S. Department Of Commerce, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Apr 1996

Enhanced Planning Review Of The Salt Lake And Ogden Metropolitan Area, Melissa M. Laube, William Lyons, Robert Dial, D. Tilly Chang, U.S. Department Of Transportation, U.S. Department Of Commerce, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

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ISTEA significantly changed the law governing metropolitan transportation planning. In response to the changes introduced by ISTEA, FHWA and FTA issued revised planning regulations on October 28, 1993, setting new requirements for the transportation planning processes. The requirements are presented in 23 CFR Part 450 and 49 CFR Part 613, Statewide and Metropolitan Planning Final Rule. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA) also imposed rigorous new transportation planning requirements in metropolitan areas, particularly those that are designated nonattainment or maintenance areas for air quality. In support of the implementation of the revised regulations, FHW A and FTA jointly …

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Long-Term Surveillance Plan For The South Clive Disposal Site, Clive, Utah, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Mar 1996

Long-Term Surveillance Plan For The South Clive Disposal Site, Clive, Utah, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

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No abstract provided.

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Chemical Wave Propagation In Hele-Shaw Cells And Porous Media, D. A. Vasquez, J. W. Wilder, Boyd F. Edwards Mar 1996

Chemical Wave Propagation In Hele-Shaw Cells And Porous Media, D. A. Vasquez, J. W. Wilder, Boyd F. Edwards

All Physics Faculty Publications

Chemical waves induce density gradients in fluids which may lead to convection. This paper studies the convective effects on chemical waves propagating in porous media or in fluids confined between two parallel vertical walls. Chemical waves in the iodate–arsenous acid system are modeled with a one variable reaction‐diffusion equation. The fluid flow is modeled using Darcy’s law. A linear stability analysis on convectionless fronts shows a transition to convection. The full nonlinear equations describing the convective front are solved numerically on a vertical slab. Convective fronts propagate faster than convectionless fronts. Near the onset of convection, the fronts are raised …

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Global Climate Change Response Program, Water Yield In Semiarid Environment Under Projected Climate Change, United States Department Of The Interior Feb 1996

Global Climate Change Response Program, Water Yield In Semiarid Environment Under Projected Climate Change, United States Department Of The Interior

Water

This paper presents the practical application of a distributed parameter climate vegetation hydrologic model (CVHM) and its ability to simulate hydrologic response under existing conditions and under assumed CO2-induced climate and vegetation change. Applying the model to the Weber River basin provided a basis for determining the impacts of climate change on the hydrologic response. By using a "what if" scenario this model included the changes in plant transpiration rates and in vegetation cover under a CO2-altered climate change and the effects of these changes on water yield.

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Flood Insurance Study, City Of Farmington, Utah, Davis County, Federal Emergency Management Agency Jan 1996

Flood Insurance Study, City Of Farmington, Utah, Davis County, Federal Emergency Management Agency

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This Flood Insurance Study report revises and updates a previous Flood Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City of Farmington, Davis County, Utah. This information will be used by the City of Farmington to update existing floodplain regulations as part of the regular phase of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The information will also be used by local and regional planners to further promote sound land use and floodplain development.

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South Manti Timber Salvage Sales Environmental Assessment, United States Forest Service Jan 1996

South Manti Timber Salvage Sales Environmental Assessment, United States Forest Service

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This environmental assessment (EA) is intended to foster informed decision making and public participation on a site-specific proposal to implement activities designed to meet the purpose and need and goals and objectives of the Manti-La Sal National Forest Land and Resources Management Plan (Forest Plan). This EA discloses the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of three action alternatives for timber harvest and road construction, and a no action alternative on portions of the Ferron/Price and Sanpete Ranger Districts, Manti-La Sal National Forest in Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah. The area to be analyzed in support of this decision includes …

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Final Environmental Impact Statement Expanded Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas Development Project, Sweetwater, Lincoln, And Uinta Counties, Wyoming, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1996

Final Environmental Impact Statement Expanded Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas Development Project, Sweetwater, Lincoln, And Uinta Counties, Wyoming, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

The Expanded Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas Development Project EIS analyzes a proposal by the Moxa Arch operators (Amoco Production Company, Union Pacific Resources Company, Wexpro/Celsius Energy Company, Bannon Energy, Marathon Oil Company, Presidio Exploration, and other companies) to continue to infill drill additional development wells in their leased acreage within the Moxa Arch oil and gas development area. The project area encompasses approximately 476,261 acres of southwestern Wyoming. Lands associated with the additional drilling program include those previously analyzed in the Amoco Production Company Moxa Arch Natural Gas Production Environmental Assessment (EA) and Decision Record (DR) (USDI-BLM 1991) and …

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Fontenelle Natural Gas Infill Drilling Projects, Sweetwater And Lincoln Counties, Wyoming, Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1996

Fontenelle Natural Gas Infill Drilling Projects, Sweetwater And Lincoln Counties, Wyoming, Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

DALEN Resources Oil & Gas Co. (DALEN Operator) and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Presidio Oil Co., and several other companies (collectively the Lincoln Road Operators) propose to continue infill drilling their existing lease acreage (collectively approximately 179,760 acres) within the Fontenelle II and Lincoln Road development areas. The Fontenelle II and the Lincoln Road development areas are immediately adjacent to each other. Both proposed actions would be implemented in northeastern Lincoln and northwestern Sweetwater counties, Wyoming adjacent to and east of Fontenelle Reservoir and the Green River. The project areas are approximately 30 miles northeast of Kemmerer, Wyoming and …

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Express Crude Oil Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1996

Express Crude Oil Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

Express Pipeline, Inc. (Express) proposes to construct, maintain, and operate a 24-inch crude oil pipeline from the U.S. (Montana)/Canada border near Wild Horse to Casper, Wyoming. The project (the proposed action ) would include the 515-mile pipeline, five pump stations, numerous mainline block and check valves, and a meter station. Initially, the pipeline would be capable of transporting 172,000 barrels per day of Canadian crude oil to Casper, Wyoming. Construction is scheduled from July through October, 1996, with operations beginning by late October, 1996. This final environmental impact statement analyzes the environmental effects of the Express Pipeline, the No Action …

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Final Environmental Impact Statement, Grass Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan, Volume 1 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1996

Final Environmental Impact Statement, Grass Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan, Volume 1 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

This final environmental impact statement (EIS) describes the proposed Grass Creek Resource Management Plan (RMP) and its environmental consequences. This proposed plan is for the future management of public lands in a portion of the Bighorn Basin Resource Area of the Worland District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The planning area comprises approximately 968,000 acres of BLM-administered public land surface and 1,171,000 acres of BLM-administered federal mineral estate. (BLM-administered public land surface is referred to as "public land" in this document.)

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Final Environmental Impact Statement, Grass Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan, Volume 2 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1996

Final Environmental Impact Statement, Grass Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan, Volume 2 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the balanced management of the public lands and resources and their various values so that they are considered in a combinatlon that will best serve the needs of the American people. Management is based upon the principles of multiple use and sustained yield: a combination of uses that take into account the long term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural values.

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Characterization Of Ground And Excited Electronic State Deprotonation Energies Of Systems Containing Double Bonds Using Natural Bond Orbital Analysis, J. K. Badenhoop, Steve Scheiner Jan 1996

Characterization Of Ground And Excited Electronic State Deprotonation Energies Of Systems Containing Double Bonds Using Natural Bond Orbital Analysis, J. K. Badenhoop, Steve Scheiner

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Natural bond orbital analysis is applied to the ground and excited states of a set of neutral, cationic, and anionic doubly bonded species HnC=XHn (X=C, N, O) isoelectronic with ethylene. The character of the excitation is correlated with calculated charge shifts and geometry changes upon relaxation. For these planar molecules, depopulation of the π bond or population of the π∗ antibond causes an out‐of‐plane twist or pyramidalization upon relaxation correlated to the amount of charge shift. These nonplanar distortions generally lower the energy more than changes in bond lengths and angles. Population of a σXH∗ …

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Collections Summary For Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Jan 1996

Collections Summary For Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers

Elusive Documents

No abstract provided.

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Forest Resources Of Northern Utah Ecoregions, Renee A. O'Brien Jan 1996

Forest Resources Of Northern Utah Ecoregions, Renee A. O'Brien

Elusive Documents

No abstract provided.

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Environmental Assessment Mammoth-Duck Creek Recovery Project, United States Forest Service Jan 1996

Environmental Assessment Mammoth-Duck Creek Recovery Project, United States Forest Service

Environmental Assessments (UT)

This Environmental Assessment (EA) documents the analysis of a Proposed Action and the No Action alternative for the Mammoth-Duck Creek Recovery Project. The Proposed Action is designed to meet the following Purpose and Need within urban interface areas, Forest campgrounds and along designated Forest roads (Focus Areas): restore forest health by reducing bark beetle populations and protecting and retaining scenic vegetation; eliminate safety hazards by reducing fuels buildup and fire danger; manage habitats to maintain viable populations of existing native or desired non-native vertebrate species; and recover the volume and value of trees killed by bark beetles. The EA discusses …

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Asymptotic Conservation Laws In Classical Field Theory, Ian M. Anderson, Charles G. Torre Jan 1996

Asymptotic Conservation Laws In Classical Field Theory, Ian M. Anderson, Charles G. Torre

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

A new, general, field theoretic approach to the derivation of asymptotic conservation laws is presented. In this approach asymptotic conservation laws are constructed directly from the field equations according to a universal prescription which does not rely upon the existence of Noether identities or any Lagrangian or Hamiltonian formalisms. The resulting general expressions of the conservation laws enjoy important invariance properties and synthesize all known asymptotic conservation laws, such as the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy in general relativity.

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The Yellowed Archives Of Yellowcake, Ken Silver Jan 1996

The Yellowed Archives Of Yellowcake, Ken Silver

Canyonlands Research Bibliography

Extensive historical documentation of exposures and releases at government-owned energy facilities is a unique and valuable resource for analyzing and communicating health risks. Facilities at all stages of the atomic fuel cycle were the subject of numerous industrial hygiene, occupational health, and environmental assessments during the Cold War period. Uranium mines and mills on the Colorado Plateau were investigated as early as the 1940s. One such facility was the mill in Monticello, Utah, which began operation as a vanadium extraction plant in 1943 and was later adapted to recover uranium from camotite ores. The mill ceased operation in 1960. The …

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Effects Of Daphnia Availability On Growth And Food Consumption Of Rainbow Trout In Two Utah Reservoirs, R. Tabor, Chris Luecke, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Jan 1996

Effects Of Daphnia Availability On Growth And Food Consumption Of Rainbow Trout In Two Utah Reservoirs, R. Tabor, Chris Luecke, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

We monitored the diet and growth of stocked rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in two Utah reservoirs during 1986 and 1989–1990. For the first month after stocking, juvenile rainbow trout in both reservoirs fed extensively on large Daphnia spp. In East Canyon Reservoir where Daphnia were abundant, this pattern continued throughout the summer, fall, and winter. Growth of rainbow trout in East Canyon Reservoir was generally good throughout 1989–1990. In Causey Reservoir, where Daphnia were less abundant and smaller, rainbow trout fed progressively less on smaller Daphnia throughout the summer, fall, and winter, while other prey items (snails, aquatic insects, and …

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Flood Insurance Study, Town Of Wendover, Utah, Tooele County, Federal Emergency Management Agency Jan 1996

Flood Insurance Study, Town Of Wendover, Utah, Tooele County, Federal Emergency Management Agency

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This Flood Insurance Study revises and updates a previous Flood Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Town of Wendover, Tooele County, Utah. This information will be used by the Town of Wendover to update existing floodplain regulations as part of the Regular Phase of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The information will also be used by local and regional planners to further promote sound land use and floodplain development.

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Appendix 1 Public Comments And Forest Service Responses To The Environmental Assessment For 36 Livestock Grazing Allotments On The Shoshone National Forest, United States Forest Service Jan 1996

Appendix 1 Public Comments And Forest Service Responses To The Environmental Assessment For 36 Livestock Grazing Allotments On The Shoshone National Forest, United States Forest Service

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Forest Service Regulations (36 CFR 215.6d) require publication of this appendix. Material in this appendix addresses comments received from the public during the comment period for the Environmental Assessment for 36 Livestock Grazing Allotments on the Shoshone National Forest. This appendix will be attached to any Decision Notices that may result.

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Dutch Experience In Irrigation Water Management Modelling, B J. Van Den Broek Jan 1996

Dutch Experience In Irrigation Water Management Modelling, B J. Van Den Broek

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Modeling the soil-water-crop atmosphere system to improve agricultural water management in arid zones (SWATRE); Groundwater approach to drainage design in irrigated agriculture (SGMP); Computer Program for flume and weir design (FLUME 3.0); A hydrodynamic model in the design of operational controllers for water systems (MODIS/MATLAB); Decision support simulation model for water management at a regional and national scale (SIWARE); Management of water delivery systems (RIBASIM/OMIS); A water allocation, scheduling, and monitoring program (WASAM); and Irrigation agencies, farmers and computational decision support tools.

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Fire-Bgc -- A Mechanistic Ecological Process Model For Simulating Fire Succession On Coniferous Forest Landscapes Of The Northern Rocky Mountains, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Jan 1996

Fire-Bgc -- A Mechanistic Ecological Process Model For Simulating Fire Succession On Coniferous Forest Landscapes Of The Northern Rocky Mountains, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

An ecological process model of vegetation dynamics mechanistically simulates long-term stand dynamics on coniferous landscapes of the Northern Rocky Mountains. This model is used to investigate and evaluate cumulative effects of various fire regimes, including prescribed burning and fire exclusion, on the vegetation and fuel complex of a simulation landscape composed of many stands. Detailed documentation of the model FIRE-BGC (a FIRE BioGeoChemical succession model) with complete discussion of all model parameters is followed with results of an application of the FIRE-BGC to a whitebark pine landscape in the Bob Marshall Wilderness complex. Simulation results of several management scenarios are …

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